Silver ponysfoot facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Silver ponysfoot |
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| Dichondra argentea 'Silver Falls' cultivar at Chanticleer Garden, Pennsylvania | |
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Dichondra
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argentea
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Dichondra evolvulacea var. argentea (Willd.) Kuntze |
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Dichondra argentea, the silver ponysfoot or silver nickel vine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae. It is disjunctly distributed in New Mexico, Texas, Mexico, Colombia, Bolivia, northwest Argentina, and southeast Brazil, and has gone extinct in Arizona. A creeping perennial reaching 4 in (10 cm) high but growing 4 to 6 ft (1 to 2 m) long, and hardy in USDA zones 10 through 12, in cultivation it is grown as annual, chiefly as a hanging accent plant or ground cover. There is a cultivar, 'Silver Falls'.
See also
In Spanish: Dichondra argentea para niños
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